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    Ever see what happens to MREs that are dropped too low - OUCH! High altitude drops are better for them.

    Weasel is right about Army gear. They are always about 20 years behind on the really good stuff, and choose bombproof and heavy over light any time. And I'm Cav, so we get to car camp more than hike
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    I was Airborne Infantry for 4.5 years, so when MY MRE's got dropped from a plane, so did I. In retrospect I often wished I had gone Cav Scout, those guys have it way good. I will argue in favor of the taste of MRE's however, we had cooks that should have been locked up and force fed thier own cooking for 10 years, so I often ate my 'reserve' field meals in the stead of chow hall mess. Hell, I'm a bachelor, I'de eat em now if I had access to the damnable things.

    As for using them as trail food, a definite negative as main fare, but definitely get some mailed/bounced if you have access. You will enjoy the variety and first day out of town the weight will be neglible, as well as being able to toss any unneeded envelopes to hikers who have never seen much less tasted an MRE.
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    We are getting off topic a bit here, but what the heck.

    You see a variety of different gear while on the Trail. Different backpacks, different shelters (tents, tarps, hammocks), different stoves, etc. There is absolutely no consensous on gear. However, I don't recall ever seeing any military gear with the possible exception of some clothing occasionally, like a ball cap or cameo pants.

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    There are some pieces of gear worth the weight, but mainly because they don't weigh much to begin with. I will make a post under gear reviews or something. Sounds like a good project.
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    Default 7500 calories?!

    Hey Rock, I talked to a guy at Satan's Book Store(aka Barnes and Noble) yesterday, while searching through the limited hiking section the flat landers here are required to provide, that said he'd just finished 20 with the Marines and that MRE's now are 7500 a pop instead of the 4-5k they use to be. Can you confirm or deny this? If they are I'll be trying to acquire a few cases just for the occasional boost and change of pace.
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    Deny.

    I was just in the test of MRE XXII which is the current version, and the beta test of the next model (which I assume will be XXIII) and neither peaks over 2,500. What he may be talking about is LRP rations which look a lot like backpacker's food being freeze dried and/or standard dehydrated. One pack is supposed to be a day of high calorie food. I haven't seen but one, and that was a while ago. But as I remember they even come with flame heaters instead of those useless chemical heaters in MREs.
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    I couldn't find the official rating for MRE calories on Natick, but this link says it takes 4 MREs to make 4,500 calories:

    http://www.natick.army.mil/warrior/01/novdec/freeze.htm

    And this is the LRP Ration which is said to have only 4,620 calories.

    http://www.sbccom.army.mil/products/food/mcw_lrp.htm
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    Default Nutrition / Food Density

    I discovered this website while doing some research on nutrition. Seems like a credible source and covers a wide range of nutrition topics.

    http://www.frc.mass.edu/bbraate/pack...cks.htm#table2
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    That is a good article. Actually a series of papers, here is the link to the index: http://www.frc.mass.edu/bbraate/packlite/index.htm
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